Fumigator



Aprifi 1 1924.

. A. M. FAIRFIELD FUMIGATOR Filed Aug. 29, 1922 I ME ITM M1 M1?! 16 I WITNESSES f 26; BY

A TTORIVEYS Fatented Apr. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES ARTHUR MOSES FAIRFIELID, OF ST. MARYS, KANSAS.

FUMIGATOR.

Application filed Au ust 29, 1922.

[ all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. FAIR- rncnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Marys, in the county of Pottawatomie and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Fumigator, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. 1

This invention relates to improvements in disinfecting apparatus, and has particular reference to a fumigating device to be employed in chicken houses and other like places.

An object of the invention is to provide a fumigating device of comparatively simple and inexpensive construction, and one which may be cheaply manufactured.

Another object is to provide a device of such construction that it may be conveniently placed in position on a chicken roost, for instance, where it will be in close proximity to the fowl perched thereon, and thus have a maximum efficiency in the elimination of vermin.

A further object is to disinfect the fowl by the evaporation of the disinfectant which is placed in a closed container and thus prevented from coming into direct contact with the fowl.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the following detail description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation partly broken away and in section of the fumigating device in operative position;

Figure 2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 illustrating the manner of joining the sections of the device; and

Figure 4: is a transverse section on the line 4i4 of Figure 3.

In the drawing the device is shown as comprising a body, which is preferably made of two sections 1 and 2 in order that the device may be readily disassembled and compactly packed when not in use. The device is suspended beneath a roost or other Serial No. 584,985.

support 3 by means of hooks which are connected to the ends and intermediate portion of the device.

Each section of the device is preferably made of a single sheet of material, the lower longitudinal edge of which is rolled to provide a substantially cylindrical disinfectant container 5, the open ends of which are closed by means of stoppers or other closures 6, which may be removed in order to partially fill the container with the disinfecting fluid. The free longitudinal edge of the container 5 is spaced from the intermediate portion of the bodv'of the device to provide a slot or opening 7 so as to receive an absorbent element 8, preferably formed of a sheet of asbestos material, the lower portion of which is inserted into the container 5 and curved to conform to the con tour of said container, so that the absorbent element will be immersed in the disinfecting fluid. The remaining portion of the element 8 is engaged with the body of the device and the material forming each section of the body is bent upon itself along its upper longitudinal edge to engage the upper longitudinal portion of the element 8 and thus maintain said element in position.

As the disinfecting fluid is absorbed by the lower portion of the element 8, the exposed portion of said element above the con tainer becomes saturated with the fluid and fumes therefrom will thus effectively protect fowl perching upon the roost 3 from vermm.

In order to secure the meeting ends of the sections 1 and 2 of the body of the device together, the portion of the section 2 form ing a part of the container 5 is flared or enlarged, as indicated at 9, to receive the adjacent end 10 of the section 1 and the upper edge of said section 2 is slightly crimped or bent, as indicated at 11, to receive the adjacent upper end of the section 1, so that when the sections are assembled the two meeting ends are arranged in over lapping relation and in close contact with each other. It will be apparent from this arrangement that in order to disassemble the device it is only necessary to first remove the m from its s pport and. then disconnect the sections by an outward longitudinal movement of one With respect to the other.

lVhat is claimed is:

A disinfecting device for fowl adapted for suspension from a perch, including a body consisting of sections each of Which is bent at its lower portion to provide part of a disinfectant container, the meeting edges of said sections overlapping and the meeting ends of the portions of said sections 10 forming the container being telescoped, an absorbent element for each section having the lower portion thereof held in engagement With the remainder of the section, and

means for suspending the body from said 15 perch.

ARTHUR MOSES FAIRFIELD. 

